[ModelBreaker]

Hydrogen will do what nuclear power has already done -- displace oil as an energy source; saving it for petrochemical feedstock. Replacing gasoline will happen when the consumers are faced with high enough prices for gasoline that make other fuels viable options

Arghhhh. Hydrogen is NOT an energy source. It takes more energy to make the hydrogen from water than you get back when you burn it. It is a battery. To make hydrogen, you will have to burn fossil fuels or have a huge nuclear energy industry.

[sefarkas]

Arghhhh yourself

Any process, by definition, requires more energy in than the energy extracted, unless you believe in perpetual motion. It takes a tremendous amount of electricity to run the diffusion machines to enrich uranium. It takes electricity and fuel to run the refineries. The point of any fuel is that it is cheaper to convert it in to form (gasoline, uranium pellets), and have it create energy where and when it is needed.

Go back to Physics class.